healthily letting in only the things that serve and blocking the rest. Or maybe think of it as a window screen that keeps out the bugs but lets breezes flow freely. Another thought is a coat - a warm one when it's cold outside, a water repellent one when it rains and when the weather is just right no need for one at all. The idea is not to cut yourself off from the world just filter out the worst of any bad weather you encounter. Affirm that all positive energies flow freely and all that is not of the Light is blocked, bounces off like a rubber ball, is grounded in the earth or whatever image suits you best.
Some empaths can just let other's painful energy just pass thought them but I rarely can, probably as it resonates with my old emotional wounds, so I shield. I still sense other's energy but with much less intensity. Maybe someday I can go without my enhanced aura just as the stories of mystical monks who can make ponds of icy water steam up in the Himallayas but until then I will wear my shield and winter coat!
I came across a visulization that might work for you the other day. When you ground in the earth imagine the cord going from your root chakra down to the core of the Earth. Affirm that anything that is not yours automatically flows down the cord. don't worry about contaminating the Earth this way - it is energetic compost that like potato peelings and ickier waste eventually turns into rich fertile soil.
Crying releases built up stress chemicals so I am a big believer in letting myself and others cry. I had to relearn it in therapy as when I was young & depressed my Father yelled at me for crying and eventually I couldn't cry unless in total emotional breakdown.
How to Enjoy the Shift
http://lightworker.com/Spectrum//articles/146/1/How-to-Enjoy-the-Shift/Page1.htmlGrounding is something almost everyone has considered. But grounding is not a thought; it is an action, a tool to dissipate noisy thoughts, anxiety and undesirable emotions that run through our bodies. If you would close your eyes and in your imagination create an image of a beam of Light, a line of energy, a tree trunk, a pipe or a chain. Just pretend. Then connect one end to the lowest tip of your spine, the first chakra. Feel the connection. Make this real. Then drop the other end of the line to the center of the earth. The center of the earth is not very far away. See the line of energy strongly connect to the center of the earth. With your imagination reach down and tug on both ends and feel the connection. Now, expand the line to about eight inches in diameter and give it the command to activate and become magnetic. Take a breath and notice the relaxation.
The command to activate allows the grounding line, a natural part of your body’s operating system, to release thoughts and emotions that do not belong to you, but constantly affect you. These thoughts and emotions flow through the unprotected energy field, stimulating emotions, creating reaction and discomfort. Interestingly, the majority of thoughts you think belong to the world surrounding you and have very little to do with you at all. But once they are in your space they create a distraction, distort your attention and direct your life. Grounding minimizes this noise.
The Octahedron
Surrounding you are a number of energy fields, one of which you know as the aura. The aura gathers, retains and files every thought, word and action that occurs within, through and around you. In other words it holds a lot of information, much of which has very little to do with you. This energy field is also an antenna. It attracts frequencies of thought. If you can manage the antenna, you can manage what the antenna attracts. Constructing this antenna around you creates a powerful energy field which aligns with the information of the Shift and your own internal guidance system. In Sacred Geometry there are five forms known as Platonic Solids which hold unique characteristics. One is the Octahedron. It is one four-sided pyramid pointing up with a second four-sided pyramid connected at the base and pointing down.
Find a point about two feet in front of you and, with your imagination, place a dot there. Then place another dot two feet directly behind you and two more dots, two feet to the left and right of you. Place a dot about two feet above your head and another below your feet. Six dots. This is an experiential, not a mental, exercise. Feel each of the dots and see them with your imagination. Now, from the point above your head draw four lines connecting to the four dots surrounding you. Then connect each of those four dots creating a four-sided pyramid. See it. Feel it around you. Next, from the point below your feet, draw four lines connecting up to the four dots surrounding you. This will create a sense of containment. This containment is not a wall or a defense system; it is a safe vessel that allows you to move around without becoming affected by the noise. It is also an antenna, which aligns with the Light and Infinite Intelligence being transmitted during this Shift. The Octahedron creates an alignment with all that you are and simply filters out that which you are not.
Experience and play with these tools. As simple as they are, they will alter your conscious reality and allow you to enjoy the unfolding Shift.